The statement, ‘It’s the humidity, not the temperature’ is a popular way of describing hot weather. Actually, it is both. The ‘heat index’ (much like the ‘wind chill factor’ for cold), also known as the ‘apparent temperature’, is used to define human-perceived equivalent temperature — how hot it would subjectively seem if the humidity is […]
Author Archives: Roland Desouza
The writer works at Fahim, Nanji & deSouza, Consulting Engineers, and has an abiding interest in civic issues
